The Sacramento Kings seemed downright stunned by what they had just done, throwing towels and hollering with unfamiliar joy in Staples Center's sparse visitors' locker room. DeMarcus Cousins led the festivities, bubbling with jokes and busting on everything from Carl Landry's shoes to Omri Casspi's deodorant.

Summer movies will be stocked with the usual sequels and spinoffs. But "as a moviegoer, I don't sit around waiting for the next sequel," says director Andrew Stanton of Pixar, a studio that has made its fortune largely with original movies. "I think for all artists, there's nothing more satisfying than coming up with something out of nothing." USA TODAY looks at a few movies that studios are hoping could become franchises: